starving

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/

Verb

1. present participle of starve#English|starve

Noun

starving (plural starvings)

1. starvation
   • 1868, Margaret Carrington, Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka, Land of Massacre

     […] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]

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